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Apple Cedes Market Share in Smartphone Operating System Market as Android Surges and Windows Phone Gains, According to IDC — Despite beating Wall Street expectations in terms of shipment volumes, Apple's share in the worldwide smartphone operating system market posted a year-over-year decline during the second quarter of 2013 (2Q13).

How to Convince Investors — (This is one of a pair of essays on fundraising. The next one, on fundraising tactics, is coming soon.) — When people hurt themselves lifting heavy things, it's usually because they try to lift with their back. The right way to lift heavy things is to let your legs do the work.

3 senior BlackBerry executives leaving company — Departures come almost 2 weeks after 250 layoffs in Waterloo — Almost two weeks after 250 employees were let go from BlackBerry's testing facility in Waterloo, Ont., CBC News has confirmed three senior members of the company will also be leaving.

Apple Faces Hurdles Attracting First-Time Smartphone Buyers — While Apple does extremely well in the global and domestic smartphone markets, they aren't doing as well among first-time smartphone buyers as one might think. — A new study paints an interesting picture of the first-time phone buyer and the devices they are choosing.

Tech Magnates Bet on Booker in Web Venture — The conference room in the Mountain View, Calif., headquarters of LinkedIn was packed with the stars of Silicon Valley. Top executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter gathered around a table; the billionaire Sean Parker looked on from a back row.

On Location with Foursquare — There's a great, deep story by Austin Carr in Fast Company today giving a broad overview of where Foursquare is headed, as a product and as a company. I was quoted a few times in the piece, and spent a good bit of time talking to Austin …